A direct account of two Anzac stories - one encapsulating the Anzac legend in abrupt, tragic detail, the other exploring much less familiar themes, of survival, brutalization, despondency and overcoming. Throughout the book are vignettes of heroism and futility, casting light on this most remarkable episode in modern Australian history. This book is intended for students of military history and of Commonwealth history.
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A direct account of two Anzac stories - one encapsulating the Anzac legend in abrupt, tragic detail, the other exploring much less familiar themes, of survival, brutalization, despondency and overcoming. Throughout the book are vignettes of heroism and futility, casting light on this most remarkable episode in modern Australian history. This book is intended for students of military history and of Commonwealth history.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to. 256pp, index, notes, bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. A Melbourne journalist goes in search of his grandfather's story, a survivor of Gallipoli, and his great-uncle who diappeared on April 25th 1915, after finding his grandfather's diaries. The result is an account of 2 profoundly different experiences of war including a rare account of ANZAC experience as a prisoner of the Turks.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 9780195540178. Size: 10"-12" Tall. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0195540174. ISBN/EAN: 9780195540178. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 48261.
